Empty Chamber at Ballard Locks

Looking down past one of the arms controlling a gate of the large chamber of the Ballard Locks, to see a normally submerged screen at the base of the chamber. The chamber’s been drained to clean it out.

The Li’l Beaver Train

A train, Ballard’s Li’l Beaver, makes a showing on the railroad tracks of the parking lot at the Ballard Locks.

Sea Lion Moving Through Water

A sea lion (possibly a seal) undulates its body just above the surface of the water after coming up to breathe.

Sea Lions (or Seals) at the Locks

A look at one of the half-dozen or so sea lions (or seals) that were feeding on spawning salmon just downstream from the Ballard Locks this past weekend.

Commemorative Sign at Ballard Locks

A sign technically on the Magnolia side of the Ballard Locks commemorates Thomas Heinrich Peterson, and along the way provides a piece of the history of the Puget Sound and Salmon Bay

Coho Salmon

A coho salmon (and one beneath it) makes its way slowly through the Ballard Locks.

50th Anniversary Sign at Ballard Locks

A sign commemmorating the 50th anniversary of the Ballard Locks in 1967-put up, oddly enough, not by a Ballard group, but by the Magnolia Community Club from across the water.

Sign Found at the Ballard Locks

A sign originally belonging to a workplace of some kind that has found its way into the pool of debris resting behind the spillway at the Ballard Locks.

Salmon Smolt

A smolt, though I’m not sure if it’s a salmon or another sort of fish, drifts in the waters of the fish ladder.

Salmon Smolt II

Another salmon smolt makes its way through the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks.